Charles Ellicott Commentary Leviticus 25:6

"And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for thy stranger, who sojourn with thee." — Leviticus 25:6 (ASV)

And the sabbath of the land. That is, the growth or produce during this sabbath of the land. For the figure of speech, see Leviticus 18:38.

Shall be meat for you. That is, it shall serve as your food, but you must not trade with it or store it up.

Therefore, during the Second Temple, the produce of the sabbatical year could only be used for direct consumption and was not allowed to be converted first into other articles and then used. For instance, although wood of that year could be used as firewood, it was illegal to convert it first into coal and then use the coal obtained from the wood. Nor was it legal to convert vegetables into medicines or to give human food to animals.

For you, and for your servant... This means the produce is to be left in the field for the free use of the poor, the servant, and so on. (See also Exodus 23:11.)

Therefore, it was enacted during the Second Temple that “whoever locks up his vineyard, or hedges in his field, or gathers all the fruit into his house in the sabbatical year breaks this law.” Everything is to be left common, and every man has a right to everything in every place. Every man could only bring into his house a little at a time, in the manner of things that are held in common.”